YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton School Board approved adding two more special education teachers for the fall term at their meeting Monday night. Superintendent Wayne Kindle says it’s a needed addition. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/12075843/Wayne-Kindle-312a.mp3 Kindle says they are seeing more kids with additional educational and physical needs. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/12075902/Wayne-Kindle-312b.mp3 Kindle says their special education enrollment has been… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota House approved amendments Monday to the industrial hemp bill and sent it on to the Governor. HB1191 Sponsor Representative Oren Lesmeister of Parade spoke on the House floor and says there were a number of amendments added in the Senate. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/12075403/Oren-Lesmeister-312a.mp3 Lesmeister says the major change was directing… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Northern State will be hosting a National History Day regional competition on Wednesday, March 13. The event, which runs from 8 a.m. to Noon at the NSU Student Center and Williams Library, will feature about 225 middle and high school students from a variety of schools. Ric Dias, Professor of History… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota legislators have three days this week to wrap up the main run of the 2019 session. The budget will be one of the final bills approved on Wednesday. Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says there are still some undecided issues. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/11142147/Jean-Hunhoff-311a.mp3 Hunhoff, Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee,… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department is accepting applications for summer seasonal positions. A variety of positions are available, including baseball, softball and tee ball coaches, baseball and softball umpires, Park, Forestry, Cemetery and Golf maintenance workers, Wylie Park and Aquatic Center concession workers, tennis instructors, lifeguards, aquatic center… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem today vetoed HB1191 and sent the following message to the South Dakota House of Representatives:   Dear Mr. Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives,   I respectfully return to you House Bill 1191, with my VETO.  House Bill 1191 is an Act to legalize the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The open house to receive input from the public on the update of the Wylie Park Master Plan has been postponed from Wednesday, March 13 to Wednesday, March 20. The open house will be held on Wednesday, March 20 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Second Floor Library […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Northern State University Williams Library’s South Dakota Germans from Russia Center will host author Rebecca Bender as she offers a reading of her new book, titled “Still,” March 12 at 7 p.m. “Still” is a nonfiction memoir/biography celebrating the Dakotas and the Russian and Romanian homesteaders who settled in… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The top priority of the South Dakota Board of Regents in this legislative session hit a dead end in the House last Thursday night. The “Dakota Promise” scholarship program would have granted aid based on student need, not just on grades. The bill initially called for one million dollars from the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would legalize industrial hemp despite Gov. Kristi Noem’s opposition.The House voted 58-8 to send the bill to the Republican governor. Noem had requested that lawmakers hold off on legalizing hemp this year, saying questions remain about enforcement, taxpayer costs and effects on… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers this week are set to pass a state budget, debate bills to legalize industrial hemp and address the Legislature’s commitment to scale back a 2016 sales tax hike.The Legislature returns today for the final days of the 2019 legislative session. Here’s some of what’s on the agenda: ___… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – While the latest monthly reports indicate the Mid America economy should grow for the next few months, there are a number of outside factors that could have an impact. Ernie Goss, Director of the Institute for Economic Inquiry at Creighton University in Omaha, says while the tariff talks with China have… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police say a verbal altercation after hours of drinking led to a fatal stabbing in Sioux Falls.Thirty-eight-year-old Ronnie Baker was stabbed twice in the chest at a residence Sunday. A 40-year-old suspect was arrested several blocks away. He is expected in court later today. Lt. Mike Colwill says witnesses at… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota woman was charged Friday in the death of a newborn who was abandoned in a ditch 38 years ago, and police said they used DNA and genealogy sites to determine she was the baby’s mother.Theresa Rose Bentaas was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter in the… Read more »